A12 Curriculum Framing Questions

Activity 12 Curriculum Framing Questions

Activity 12: Curriculum Framing Questions Step 1: Warm up Activity (The Top Discoveries and Inventions) 1

In three minutes, brainstorm some answers… “What five to ten scientific discoveries or technological inventions of the last 100 years do you think have had the most impact on people and history?” (Positive or negative) Telefon CCTV kamera ubatan bangunan bom braces cermin mata kanta sesentuh Computer Kuasa eletrik Kereta Television Plastik Polystrene internet

In the next three minutes, brainstorm some answers… 1

The Top Discoveries and Inventions exercise is modified from pages 240–241 of Simon, Katherine. (2003). Moral Questions in the Classroom. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN: 0300101686. Copyright © 2006 Intel Corporation All rights reserved.

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“Looking at your list of discoveries or technological inventions, in what ways the impact been negative?”

In the next three minutes, brainstorm some answers… “Looking at your list of discoveries or technological inventions, in what ways the impact been positive?”

In the last three minutes, brainstorm some answers… “Are there any scientific discoveries or technological inventions which seem possible at this time that you should not be pursued?”

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Reflection: What did you notice about the progression of questions? Note down your ideas below.

How did the first set of questions help you to discuss the last question? Note down your ideas below.

How would you categorize these questions? (Essential, Unit, or Content) Note down your ideas below.

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Other things you noticed in this brief discussion? Note down your ideas below.

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Step 2: Brainstorm on Essential, Unit and Content Questions. Essential Question(s) What does it take to change the world?

Unit Question(s) Bagaimanakah

Content Question(s) Apakah faktor-faktor

pencemaran boleh

yang menyebabkan

berlaku?

pencemaran air/udara/bunyi? Are

How does literature

What are the human

portray essential

values found in

values?

Hamlet?

What does the past tell us about the future?

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Essential

Unit Question(s)

Question(s)

Content Question(s)

How is life without

Are rainforests worth

What is a rainforest?

oxygen?

saving?

What lives in a

Can we survive

rainforests?

without O2?

Where are rainforests

Is there a substitute

located?

for earth? What are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks? How are rocks formed? What is the rock cycle?

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Essential

Unit Question(s)

Question(s)

Content Question(s)

How can mathematics

What makes numbers What is a whole

help me understand

interesting?

number?

my world?

How can we

What is the correlation

differentiate between

between mathematics

an odd number and

and life?

an even number? What is a prime number?

How do the choices we make now affect us later?

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Essential

Unit Question(s)

Question(s)

Content Question(s)

Why do we need others? What is a community?

Why do we still read Shakespeare? How do Shakespeare’s poems and plays impact and accurately reflect modern life? How is Shakespeare’s work relevant to my life?

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Step 3: Share with larger group.

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